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COURT WORRIES OVER THE RISE IN DEFILEMENT CASES

By Aamon Butao The Senior Resident Magistrate’s Court sitting at Mkukula in Dowa district has expressed dismay with rising cases of defilement in Lumbadzi. Senior Resident Magistrate Cecilia Onsewa raised the concern in her judgment in a case in which she slapped a 32-year-old man, Noah Chingwalu, with a 7 year sentence for defiling and […]Read More

TWO IN JAIL FOR DEFILEMENT

By Vyalema Kaluluma Phiri Two men have been handed 20 year jail terms each with hard labor for defiling a 15 year old girl at Jenda Trading Centre in Mzimba district last November. Sopani Nyirongo aged 23 and 22-year-old Ephraim Wilima pleaded not guilty to the charge but the state paraded 6 witnesses before the […]Read More

MCHACHA, MUHARA LAWYERS OPPOSE STATE’S APPLICATION

By Esther Manduwa Lawyers representing former Chief Secretary to Government Lloyd Muhara and ex Minister Charles Mchacha have opposed the state’s application to commit the case to the High Court.  According to one of the lawyers, Chancy Gondwe, the application made through the Director of Public Prosecution does not hold ground as holder of the […]Read More